Land

Dear Minister Prentice,

Re: Pipelines Across Treaty # One Territory

I have yet to receive a response from you on the October 10th letter I sent to you regarding the Enbridge Alberta Clipper pipeline. This pipeline as proposed will cross Treaty one territory and is currently in the National Energy Board approval process. The federal government must take this matter seriously and you as the Minister in charge of pipelines must be proactive in addressing the concerns of First Nations in these matters.

Enbridge to build C$2 billion oil sands pipeline
Fri Nov 2, 2007 10:31pm GMT

CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc said on Friday it will build a C$2 billion ($2.14 billion) oil pipeline to handle tar-like bitumen from Petro-Canada's (PCA.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) planned Fort Hills oil sands project.

Enbridge, Canada's No. 2 pipeline firm, said the 480-km (300-mile) line will be capable of carrying 250,000 barrels of diluted bitumen a day from the project site near Fort McMurray, Alberta, southwest to an upgrader near the Alberta provincial capital of Edmonton.

Nuclear power talks continue in the county
Despite questions from Woodlands County council the province has declined to get involved in the nuclear power discussion.

Chandra Lye
Star Staff
Wednesday October 31, 2007
A letter received from Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) Minister Ted Morton told council that the department would not consider a land purchase application, submitted this summer, because of Energy Alberta’s decision to build a nuclear plant in Peace River.

Pipeline developer says requested delay would be costly

The Associated Press - Saturday, November 03, 2007
BISMARCK, N.D.

An oil pipeline executive says the city of Fargo's request to delay a Canadian pipeline project would add up to $100 million in costs.

Fargo wants North Dakota's Public Service Commission to reopen hearings on the Keystone pipeline.

Keystone Vice President Robert Jones says Fargo had a chance to take part in earlier hearings about the project and did not.

INAC “no” to UR-Energy uranium drilling in the Thelon
By LEA STORRY, SRJ Editor 31.OCT.07

The beauty of the NWT’s Upper Thelon is safe...for now. Chuck Strahl, the minister of Indian and northern affairs Canada (INAC), formally accepted the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board (Review Board) recommendation that exploration work proposed by UR-Energy be rejected without an environmental impact review.

Keystone pipeline demand doubles cost
Wed, October 31, 2007
By FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES

CALGARY -- TransCanada Corp. has more than doubled the estimated cost of its Keystone crude oil pipeline to US$5.2 billion to meet rising demand for the Canada-U.S. project, the company said yesterday while reporting higher third-quarter earnings.

October 11, 2007 - 9:30 PM
UN rapporteur calls for biofuel moratorium

More and more corn is being used for biofuel at the expense of food, according to Jean Ziegler.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food is demanding an international five-year ban on producing biofuels to combat soaring food prices.

Switzerland's Jean Ziegler said the conversion of arable land for plants used for green fuel had led to an explosion of agricultural prices which was punishing poor countries forced to import their food at a greater cost.

The dirty truth about Canada's tar-sands baby
Joshua Keating
Tue, 10/30/2007

Alberta's tar sands to supply South Dakota's oil projects

Pipeline, refinery would tap into Canadian crude
Oct 23, 2007 04:30 AM
Dirk Lammers

ASSOCIATED PRESS

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.

October 21, 2007

Harper's Index
Stephen Harper introduces the tar sands issue

by Stephen Harper

The Dominion - http://www.dominionpaper.ca

We are currently the fifth largest energy producer in the world. We rank 3rd and 7th in global gas and oil production respectively. We generate more hydro-electric power than any other country on earth. And we are the world’s largest supplier of uranium. But that’s just the beginning.